While Father’s Day is a happy day for many, for others it can be much more difficult. If you know a child experiencing bereavement, a new book by St Francis Hospice Dublin might help. Always in My Heart: A book for children about grieving is written by the social work team at the hospice. Aimed … [Read more…]
1: No Hard Feelings, June 16 Flat-broke Maddie (Jennifer Lawrence) gets the job of socialising the introverted 19-year-old Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) before he goes off to college. Gene Stupnitsky directs. 2: Greatest Days, June 16 A feature adaptation of the Take That musical, featuring all the boys’ greatest hits. Aisling Bea stars. 3: Sunlight, … [Read more…]
You can’t have enjoyed a day trip anywhere in Ireland of late and not have noticed just how much Ireland’s food truck scene seems to have upped a gear. Head to any hilltop, crossroads, or cliffside and there seems to be a pop-up on wheels serving everything from finger-licking buttermilk chicken burgers to artisan fish tacos. … [Read more…]
Every trip out on a lazy weekend in Ireland provides a stroll through history. Gazing over 19th-century rooftops across the streets of Cork, spotting shattered medieval tower houses bedded on rumpled fields on the train, our built heritage is everywhere. In the 18th century as artillery continued to demonstrate its ability to reconfigure the deepest … [Read more…]
The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, headquartered in the impossibly gorgeous surrounds of Lismore Castle, Co Waterford, returns for an eight-day run (May 29 to June 5) and The Menu would be more than happy to feed the soul with beautiful music at 21 events running in 12 stunning venues in the hinterland and featuring top … [Read more…]